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From: skar7950@mach1.wlu.ca (Raymond Skarratt u)
Subject: Re: help with Miniboard, KIND SIR, or MADAM
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Mike Lipsett (lipsettm@crl1.crl.aecl.ca) wrote:
: In article <3ci06k$8vh@master.cs.rose-hulman.edu> frosh93@NeXTwork.Rose-Hulman.Edu (Frosh93 ) writes:
: >to any miniboard guru:
: >
: >I recently obtained a miniboard already assembled, and have been trying to  
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: 
: 
: No guru, just a guy who had the same problem, switched the Tx and Rx 
: lines around, and hasn't had a problem since (oh, except that 
: the run/download switch might not be switching properly). 
: 
: Cheers,
: - Mike

Also no guru but make sure that your host computer is supplying 12v on
either the Tx or Rx (or both, can't remember).  I tried for a _very_ 
long time to get my MB to work off a notebook that didn't have the
guts to put out the required 12V.

Ray

